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[Shubham Barai <shubhambaraiss@xxxxxxxxx>]

GSoC (week 2)

Hello everyone,

Finally, I solved the issue with a mismatch of a key number
between sql layer and MyISAM file.I also found a  simpler approach for this
with the help of my mentor.

One of the other issues that I had to deal with was compatibility issue of
key definitions between .frm file and information stored in MyISAM storage
engine. The issue was due to check_defination which compares .frm file
and MyISAM definitions of a table.The previous prototype of
check_definition didn't contain mi_uniquedef. I have modified this function
to compare mi_uniquedef.The main problem was due to the difference in
a number of keys which we pass as an argument in ha_myisam::open.

I have also started working on InnoDB.I discussed  some of the
implementation approaches with my mentor. I made changes to some of the
functions in ha_innobase.cc.


Regards,
Shubham

On 31 May 2016 at 03:32, Sergei Golubchik <serg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi, Shubham!
>
> Good, thanks!
>
> On May 31, Shubham Barai wrote:
> > GSoC (week 1)
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > After developing a prototype for MyISAM ,there were some issues to be
> > resolved. One of the issues is related to error regarding a duplicate
> > entry. So if there is a duplicate entry for a particular key in a row, it
> > generates an error for another key.
> >
> > After debugging, I found out that it was due to mismatch of a key number
> > between  sql layer and MyISAM file. Keys  are stored in the order of
> user's
> > input in sql layer. In table2myisam function, this order is changed as
> each
> > key is either stored as mi_keydef or mi_uniquedef. In mi_create, for each
> > unique definition, an extra key is created in the form of mi_keydef and
> > stored in MYI file which creates the issue of mismatch.
> >
> > I tried to solve the issue by adding extra member sql_key_no to mi_keydef
> > and mi_uniquedef.I also modified mi_keydef_write and mi_keydef_read to
> > support a new member but after compiling, I got some error related to a
> key
> > file. Also with the help of my mentor, I found out that it could result
> in
> > compatibility issues related to old MyISAM file.
> >
> > So currently, I am trying to solve this using another approach.
>
> Regards,
> Sergei
> Chief Architect MariaDB
> and security@xxxxxxxxxxx
>